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Zurückhaltung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • forbearance noun An arrangement in which a lender agrees to pause or reduce a borrower's payments for a set period instead of treating the loan as in default.
  • restraint noun A device or measure that holds something back or keeps it secure.
  • retention noun The ability to hold onto or remember information.

Senses

Zurückhaltung is used for these senses in English:

  • diffidence The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
  • forbearance Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
  • restraint (uncountable) control or caution; reserve
  • retention The act of retaining or something retained.
  • reticence (uncountable) A silent and reserved nature.

forbearance — full definition

  1. noun An arrangement in which a lender agrees to pause or reduce a borrower's payments for a set period instead of treating the loan as in default.
  2. noun Patient self-control shown by not reacting, retaliating or enforcing a right you could enforce.

restraint — full definition

  1. noun A device or measure that holds something back or keeps it secure.
  2. noun Self-control; the quality of holding back from acting on every impulse.

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